The Government says the proposed fake news law is currently being discussed by the Cabinet.

Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday exposed serious flaws in the new Government’s plans for the ambitious and multibillion dollar Port City project and called for inclusion of proper regulation to make it a success.

The 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday bombings appears to have been carried out by a certain group to further strengthen their political power, claimed Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith.

The JVP says the present government is acting in a manner that it can divide the country in several sections and sell them to foreign entities since it managed to liberate the country from separatists.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will take action against the outbursts of MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe who criticised the proposed Port City Bill as an attempt to create a Chinese colony within Sri Lanka.

A Five Judge bench of Supreme Court was appointed yesterday to consider the petitions filed challenging the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (16) said, the party filed a petition at the Supreme Court requesting an order that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill requires a referendum

The government will not hand over the Colombo Port City to China through the Port City Economic Commission Bill.

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has assured a solution to Sri Lankan women wrongfully detained in Saudi Arabia.

Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage today revealed that the President spoke to Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe after the MP raised certain concerns pertaining to the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill.

Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe today alleged that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had telephoned him early morning and threatened him over his allegations yesterday that the Port City would transform into a Chinese colony.

An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain’s late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka.

Two persons have sustained injuries after the Police Special Task Force (STF) officers opened fire at a Cab that defied the orders to stop at a checkpoint in Point Pedro in Jaffna.

Making a revelation that over 18,000 tonnes of fertiliser currently being used by farmers contain carcinogens that could damage kidneys, the All Ceylon Peasant Farmers’ Federation (ACPFF) demanded an immediate investigation to identify those responsible for approving the use of fertiliser that contains extremely toxic substances.

At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant domestic workers, have spent months on end arbitrarily detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia, awaiting repatriation to their home country, Amnesty International revealed today.

The Sri Lankan Rupee has further depreciated against the US Dollar, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) confirms.